Martin Pyper (1967) Bristol, UK
studied in France and art school in UK, in The Netherlands since ’89, worked for various design/advertising agencies (& freelance) in The Netherlands & UK, amongst others:
5 years senior-designer at VBAT
4 years design-director + art-director at FHV/BBDO
3 years creative-director at PPGH/JWT
board-member ADCN (dutch art directors club) ’03 – ’08,
board-member PANL (dutch photography association) ’09
member BNO, PANL, ADCN, FOAM and TDC (Type Directors Club New York)
me studio is a small independent design studio that has a wide network of partners, artists, thinkers, creative organisations & designers we regularly collaborate with
awards + nominations:
de best verzorgde boeken 2010
(best dutch book designs) two books selected
‘amsterdamsedingen’ + ‘vervoersdingen’ childrens books
finalist ‘chicago international poster biennial’ poster competition 2010 (for ‘het suikerdepôt’)
de best verzorgde boeken 2009
(best dutch book designs) for ‘j/m dingen’ children’s book
Dutch Design Awards – finalist (1 of 3) sept. ’09
‘corporate identity’ category (‘het suikerdepôt’)
Dutch Theater Poster Awards (selection ’04, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’11)
Dutch Housestyle Awards (final selection ’05)
Dutch Design Awards (selection ’03)
Silver Lamp ADCN (’97) nomination (’95, ’03)
ADCN jury ’97, ’01, ’05, ’06, ’07
Bronze Esprix ’03
SAN, Accent (corporate identity ’03)
ADC Europe, mixed media jury ’01
European Regional Design, Certificate of Excellence ’97
co-founder mind the gap (since 1996)
examination board ‘Amsterdam Photo Academy’ ’07
design lecture week Willem De Kooning Academy Rotterdam ’06
‘Theater Academy’ debate evening on poster design with Anton Beeke and Annelys de Vet ’07
PANL guest lecture on art-direction ’04
PANL portfolio surgery for photographers ’06
PANL debate on photography and design ’06
PANL introduction awards ceremony ’07
‘buy me’ exhibition, naarden photofestival ’06
(collaboration with wendelien daan, photographer)
member of the editorial team for design platform & inspiration blog fontanel
work (posters and books) selected in the permanent graphic design collection of the stedelijk museum amsterdam, the netherlands
‘the favourites’ bucharest, romania exhibition of graphic design work by 25 contemporary dutch designers) nov ’07
‘me studio’ took part in the christmas by colour project
lecture, the corporate identity of the dutch national ballet, national ‘theatre arts’ seminar, the hague – march ’08
‘fanclub’ exhibition on contemporary dutch designers at the HKU art school utrecht, april ’08
‘clubhuis’ exhibition on contemporary dutch designers at the HKU art school utrecht, may ’09
exhibition & interactive show ‘dutch design database’
at the graphic design museum, breda 2009-10
presentation evening on the subject of ‘inspiration’ together with designer ‘sander plug’ HKU art academy, utrecht – june ’09
external assessor final year graphic design department 2009, HKU art academy, utrecht – june 2009
external assesor final year ‘man and communication’ department – design academy eindhoven, dec 2011
lecture at the HKU art school, utrecht – january ’11
together with designer ‘herman van bostelen’
presentation on ‘getting started’ vroaam! 2010
presentation on ‘collaboration’ vroaam! 2011 (with photographer ‘ruud baan’)
a (poor quality) film of the talk can be seen here
portfolio surgery at vroaam! 2012
2 posters featured in black & white are not colors exhibition
by fontanel: ‘ship of fools’ gallery, the hague (october ’11)
interview on posters (june ’11) posters in amsterdam blog
questions about creativity for amsterdam adblog (june ’11)
exhibition ’50 years of posters for the dutch national ballet’
at the dutch poster museum in hoorn (january – april 2012)
article & small interview on ‘fontanel’ on 50 years ballet posters expo
jury for the SJP ’07 ‘magneten’ awards – march ’08
‘dutch theater poster awards’ – jury ’07, ’08, ’09, 10
dutch design awards – scouting selection committee
sept. ’08 & june ’09, may-june ’11
took part in the ‘dutch design awards 2009 selection’ exhibition in shanghai, china 2010
typographical illustration ‘generations’ nominated for the dutch design awards 2010
selected for the ‘messages to the world’ international poster exhibition and book
shanghai 2010
took part in the ‘dutch design awards 2009 selection’ exhibition in essen, germany 2010
TNT – dutch postage stamp design database
museum of communication – stamp designers database
presentation on ‘inspiration’ during the theater poster awards ceremony sept 11, 2008
co-editor of adformatie ‘de essentie’ special jubilee publication (together with erik kessels + pim gerrits – kesselskramer, mare nieborg – social safari & thierry somer – quote magazine) sept 2008
‘calimucho’ poster – shortlist nomination (5 out of 45) for the dutch ‘cinema poster awards’ 2008
idn magazine v18n1 – graphics with dimension featuring an interview with me studio (also in chinese if you prefer)
also featured on idn motion graphics dvd with this piece
work (two corporate ID projects) published in ‘logo’ by lawrence king, london 2007
work published in ‘los logos 4′ book by gestalten publishers, berlin 2008
work published in ‘playful type’ by gestalten publishers, berlin 2008
work published in ‘bastardised’ book by ‘bunch’ (made in bunch) UK 2008
work published in ‘color in graphics’ book by mao mao publishers, Spain 2008
work published in ‘mini graphics’ by sandu publications, china 2010
work published in ‘springstof’ a dance encyclopedia, NL 2010
work published in the 3D type book from lawrence king publishers, london (released 2011)
work published in ‘diagraphics’ (information graphics) by mao mao publishers, barcelona (released 2010)
work published in ‘los logos 5, compass’ by gestalten publishers, berlin 2010
work published in ‘selected A’ (graphic design from europe) by index publishers, barcelona 2010
work published in ‘handmade type’ by rotovision publishers, london (due for release, late 2010)
work published in ‘basic identity’
by index publishers, barcelona (due for release, late 2010)
work published in ’1,000 more greetings’
by rockport publishers, USA (due for release, late 2010)
work published in ‘messages to the world’ – international poster exhibition by vidak publishers, shanghai 2010
work published in ‘de beste verzorgde boeken 2009′ (best dutch books) by CPNB publishers, amsterdam (due for release, late 2010)
work published in ‘chicago poster biennial 2010′ (catalogue)
by CIPBA publishers, chicago (due for release, late 2010)
work published in ‘de beste verzorgde boeken 2010′ (best dutch books) by CPNB publishers, amsterdam (due for release, early 2010)
work published in type player 2 by ginko press, china
article in graphic magazine #19, sept ’11 – best book designs
work published in ‘art in book’ by send points publishing guangzhou, china
some ‘me studio’ links
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extra portfolio cargo collective
ME studio | Promote your Page too
mach 1 (my agent)
the collective (my other agent)
monodot (my agent: motion design/film titles)
digital thread
“Rocking one of the best logos we have seen in quite some time,
Specializing in typography, corporate identity, and naturally print, this site doubles as portfolio and daily blog of photos of great found type and art and stuff that shows how they think… which in turn, just may change the way you think. It’s certainly great to see some daily shots of Dutch design from the Netherlands, and share some of the inspirations they seem to draw upon to create the strong type and graphic design in their porfolio. ‘Njoy!…”
ontwerppers (dutch only)
retinart (home offices) interview
article on photoq weblog
ravensbourne art college designers inspirations 09
citiID identity project
other various blog posts and mentions:
this is colossal blog
journal du design blog
fontanel inspiration blog
club club graphisme blog
typography daily blog
the BG blog
trends now blog
etapes blog
french blog zigonet
the ajoure blog
IdN magazine the ‘tactile issue’
interview posters in amsterdam blog
questions about creativity: amsterdam adblog (june ’11)
how to find me:
me studio in google maps
